Measuring and registering cock for liquids.



.I I 'Patented A r. I I

M E. w. HUGHES a L. CAMPBELL. p 5 |902' EASURING AND REGISTERING 006K FOR LIGUIDS.

(N Model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

...UNITED STATES. PATENT f- FFICE.

, y ENGLAND.

"MEAsumNG fAND REGISTI-:RING `oocK Fonn lfapuylns'.,

` srnolFIcATIoN formingpart of 'Lettersfratentuc 697,844, dated April i5', isos.'

.l i Application filed January 27, 1902;

Beit known "that we, EBENEZEP. WILLIA HUGHES and L LEWELYN CAMPBELL, subjects of the Kingof .Great Britaimresidin'g at 18 `Measuring and Registering Cocks for .Liq'f' Y Pitt street, Campden Him-Kensington, in the v uids, of which th'e'following is a specification'.-

' Our-invention relates to cocks by which liqnids, such as spirits, are drawn off from @asks or other reservoirs, the quantity drawn o at eachf operation being exactly measured and- .the number of operations registered and in# .dicated; and the objects of our invention are to p reven-t any leakage in the apparatus and make its measurements absolutely accurateV to simplify its construction, to .render it du- 'i table and inexpensive,and`to reduceany lia?l bility to get out of order. We attain these 'objects' by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which'- Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the preferred form of our apparatus. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the line AA in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a partial longitudinal vertical section illustrating a modification. Fig. 4 is a separate View ofy the ratchet-wheel and paWl shown in Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is an end View of the form shown in Fig. l, the front -part of the cylinder being shown indotted lines.

' Y Similar letters refer to similar parts th rou gh-v out the several views.

- Referring to the figures, a is a cylindrical tube of such Ilength andA diameter asfto exactly contain the Quantity of spirit or other liquid to 'be measured and drawn off.

'b isan outer tube, into which the tube a ts freely, but water-tight.

'c is an extension ofthe front lend of the outer tube b, forming a chamber B to contain the spindle d for rotating the inner tube 1 and the counting and registering device consisting of a pin g andcounting-wheels h.v w w' are openings in the front a: of the cylinder,through which may be seen the registering-wheels h.

' 'i is anelliptical inlet-hole at the top of thel outer tube b, and 7c is a corresponding hole lin the inner tube a. Y

' serial No. 91,429. (No man.)

tube b, communieatin g with-a discharge-spout m, and n isa similar corresponding hole in the inn-er tube a. The holes 71: and 'n are on thesame side of the tube a.

vEBENEZEQn' WILLIAM HUGHES AND LLEWELYN CAMPBELL, or KENSINGTON,

'Z 'is an outlet-hole'at the bottom ofthe outer *I A spindle o turns in bearings inthe chamvber B of the tube b and rotates the inner tube a by a `beveled toothed wheel p upon the spndle o 'gearing with a beveled toothed wheel q uponthe closed front end of the tube a.- The' `spindle ois prevented from rotating backward by the toothed clutches r r2, the clutch lr being secured tothe casing B andthe clutch r2 being carried by and longitudinally movable on the spindle o. The clutch r2 is held in mesh with s is a handle upon.. the spindle o, by which the latter is turned and the' tube c rotated.`

.t is a screw-cap closing the back end of the tube b, which is vsituated inthe vessel' from y which the liquor is to be drawn.y i

u, is a flanged screwed socket scre'wedinto the conical-shaped interiorly-screw-threaded nipple u', fitted in front of the said vessel, the tube b being fixed in the socket u in a somewhat-inclined position, so -that when screwed in its place the outer end of the cock is vsomewhat lower than its inner end, which is in the vvessel, as shown in Fig. 1.

In Figs. Sand 4 the spindle o is formed upon the front end of the. inner tube aand passes through the front closed end of the outer tube b, to'which the spring-pawl fv is ixed, which engages with the ratchetwheel r upon the spindle o. In -this modification the chamber B, containing the spindle o and the counting and registering devices'g and h,

is shown made separate and screwed upon thefend of the tube b.

The gures shown by the several counting- Wheels are seen through openings, such as w, in the front 'of the chamber B.

At y, Fig. l, small holes are shown through both the tubes a and b to admit air when the liquor is being dischargedthrough the spout m. These holes only coincidewhen` the inner tube is in the position for discharging, as

^ shown.

The inlet and outlet holes through the tubes a and b are so placed that when the inlet is opened the outlet is closed, and vice versa,

which is eleeted by the rotary motion of the vinner tube bymeans of the handle s, which is turned continuously, as required, but always in the same direction. At each revolution of `the lian'dle'the-inner tube first becomes filled with the exactly-determined quantity of liquor,whch isafteru'ard discharged through the spout s into any vessel placed to receive liquor withdrawn, is accu rately' counted and registered by. a counting device of thewelly known kind land operated by the movement y and mechanism contained in and iucased by'k of the handle. Y As the liquor does notV reach the mechanism', any sediment therefrom Willnot clogthe `latter or impede the movement of the tulle.l

The apparatusiis simple in construction and easily taken apart for cleaning and mayl .beused forihick liquids y'aswell as for-thin. ones'.l

v`XVe' are aware' that prior to our invention cocks have been made by which liquor'is approximately measured as well as drawn oi,

and we do-not claimsllch anal-rangement broadly; but l y i.. lVhat we'claiinas our invention, anddesir'e to secure by Letters Patent, is.-, l

il.- ln'a registering-faucet, the combination with a cylinder closed*l at one -end,*a'secdndlongerl cylinder closed'at its rear end, sur-A rounding and forming a projecting chamber opposite theclosed end of said first cylinder,

der and registering each-rotation of the same.

2. In a registering-faucet the combination? f l said shaft in engagement'with said first bevel with a cylinder closed at one end, a second. longer` cylinder closed `at its rear end, surrounding and forming aprojecting chamber vopposite the closed end of said first cylinder, a bevel gear-wheel mounted on said inner cylinder, a shaftjjournaled transversely of said chamber, a'bevel gear-wheel mounted on gear wheel, a registering wheel rotatably `mounted in sai-d chamber, means carried by said shaft for operating said wheel, means for rotating said shaft, and' means for preventing the backward rotation of same.

4In a regsteringffaucet, the combination `with a cylinder closed at onelend, a" second longer cylinder closed at its rear end, surrounding and forming a projecting chamber 'opposite the closed end of said rstcylinder, a bevel gear-wheel mounted yon said inner eylinder,- a shaft jonrnale'd transversely of said chamber, a bevel gear- Wheel mounted on said'shaf tin engagement w'th said iirst beve gear --wl1e'el,A a registering-wheel rotatably 6o mounted in Vsaid chamber provided with va pluralityof 'laterally-projecting lugs, alng carried'by said shaftV for successively engaging said plurality of lugs, meansfor rotatingsaid shaft, and meausfor preventing the 65 backward rotation of lsaid shaft. I

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands inthe presence'of 'two witnesses EBENEZEK wimjiin uUGnns.

Ltnwntir eliminar,.-

- ARTHURjE.; EDWARDS,

ALFRED E; BRA'r'row 

